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Baanto Announces Night Vision Imaging System (NVIS) Compliant Solution for ShadowSense Touchscreens Used in Military, Emergency Services and Ruggedised Systems

February 19, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Baanto International is pleased to announce that it is now supporting custom ShadowSense touchscreen hardware designs for the military, emergency services and ruggedised market that are compliant with MIL-STD-3009 NVIS and “Black” NVIS. Night Vision Imagining Systems have become invaluable in a broad range of areas that include military, law enforcement, search and rescue, and … Read more

Omdia: LG Display holds a 92.5% share of the Automotive AMOLED market

February 19, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Business Korea quoted data from Omdia that credits LG Display with a 92.5% share of the OLED panel market in the automotive segment in 2020, with Samsung Display at 6.9% and BOE at just 0.6%. Customers of LG have included GM (Escalade) and Mercedes-Benz in the high end of the automotive market. … Read more

Chromebooks outsold Macs worldwide in 2020

February 18, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Geekwire was able to persuade IDC to confirm its PC data by OS that showed that in 2020, Chromebooks outsold Macs worldwide for the first time over the year, although this has happened before in individual quarters. In Q1 2020, Apple and Google were neck-and-neck: Windows grabbed 87.5% market share, macOS took … Read more

Magnachip Enters Full-Scale Mass Production of High Frame Rate OLED DDIC for 5G Smartphones with QHD Displays

February 18, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation announced that the Company has commenced full-scale mass production of its first 120Hz High Frame Rate (HFR) OLED display driver IC (DDIC) for QHD flexible displays, following the successful product release and initial production in 2020. The frame rate refers to the number of frames (images) displayed per second on the screen, … Read more

LEDs Fabricated on Silicon Chips

February 18, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Researchers at MIT’s Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) have developed a silicon chip with fully integrated LEDs that are said to be bright enough to enable state-of-the-art sensor and communication technologies. Working with GlobalFoundries, a group has developed a silicon LED (rather than a typical III-V material mix) that can produce enough … Read more

AUO to expand capex for 2021

February 18, 2021 by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Digitimes reports that AUO is to boost its capex this year to boost LCD production. It will reach $785 million against around $550 million in 2020. The focus will be on IT panels for notebooks where the firm is concentrating on high end LTPS panels. In monitors, it will focus on gaming … Read more

Samsung Kiosk Uses SoC + Tizen

February 18, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung Electronics has launched a Kiosk in the South Korean market, but which is intended to be available globally in the first half of the year. It will be sold via Fiserv Inc initially. There are three 24″ versions with different mountings – wall, free-standing and table. The operating software runs on … Read more

China handset sales rebound in January

February 18, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reported that the Chinese smartphone market has seen a bounce in sales in January, boosted by new budget 5G handsets by Chinese brands. The volume reached 40 million in January, up 93% on the same month a year ago according to data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology … Read more

JNTC to begin wearable cover glass production in 1st half

February 18, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that JNTC will start making cover glass for wearables in the first half of this year, after it completes a new factory in Vietnam in Q2, delayed from Q1. It is expected to make smartwatch cover glass first, followed by cover glass for automotive applications and the ultra-thin glass. … Read more

Apple TV: tvOS 14.5 to support both 24.000fps and 23.976fps

February 18, 2021 by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say FlatPanelsHD reports that tvOS 14.5 from Apple will support both 24.000 and 23.976 fps without frame dropping. Currently, showing movies generated at 24fps at the broadcasting frequency of 23.976 fps (a hangover from the analogue days), means a dropped frame every 41 seconds and reversing to show 23.967 content at 24fps means … Read more

New Planar UltraRes X Series Combines Superior Image Performance with Commercial Reliability

February 17, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Planar, a global leader in visualization technology, unveiled Planar® UltraRes™ X Series, a line of 4K resolution (3840 x 2160) commercial-grade LCD displays featuring 700-nit brightness and a wide color gamut perfect for High Dynamic Range (HDR) content. Available in 75-inch, 85-inch and 100-inch sizes, Planar UltraRes X Series includes a 24×7 design and, when … Read more

Let Dave Know your View

February 17, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Dave Haynes of Sixteen-Nine.net is running a survey on whether it makes sense to revive the Digital Signage Expo as a separate event after the pandemic, or whether to simply fold it in to the main Infocomm. He explains his point of view at the article link, or you can go here … Read more